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Canadian environmental groups praise UN accord to protect marine life on high seas
By The Canadian Press on March 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Environmental groups are praising a newly signed treaty that will help protect biodiversity in the high seas, where conservation across vast stretches of the planet have been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws. The unified agreement treaty, which applies to nearly half the planet’s surface, was reached late Saturday after it was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TikTok to remain sponsor at Broadbent Institute conference despite security concerns
By The Canadian Press on March 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Broadbent Institute is keeping TikTok as a sponsor during their upcoming conference, despite rising national security concerns from the government of Canada regarding the popular app. Jen Hassum, executive director of the policy thinktank, says sponsors do not direct the institute. She says the institute will continue to follow the news surrounding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity, warns stark spy agency brief
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on March 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy service warns that climate change poses a profound, ongoing threat to national security and prosperity, including the possible loss of parts of British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces to rising sea levels. A newly released analysis by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service also foresees an increase in ideologically motivated violent extremism ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. logging firm wants to avoid cutting old growth, but province said it must pay
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on March 5th, 2023
A British Columbia company that wants to avoid logging sections of at-risk old growth was told by the Crown corporation that manages B.C.’s public forests to cut the trees down or pay to leave them standing, its chief forester said. Logging began in the two cut blocks north of Revelstoke in spring 2021, but Downie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s chief of the defence staff makes trip to Ukrainian capital
By The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
WARSAW, Poland – The Department of National Defence says Canada’s top soldier has just wrapped up a visit to Ukraine’s capital. A readout released by the department on Saturday says Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre received detailed briefings while he was in Kyiv from Ukrainian officials, including from his counterpart, commander-in-chief of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Press newscaster Geri Smith, on air for nearly 35 years, dead at 60
By Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
TORONTO – Geraldine “Geri” Smith, a long-time Canadian Press newscaster whose voice became familiar to listeners across the country during her nearly 35 years with the national wire service, has died. She was 60. Smith was found dead in her Toronto home on Thursday and was on leave from work at the time of her ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian rover helping in global search for frozen water on dark side of the moon
By Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
EDMONTON – The Canadian lunar rover could soon help reveal the moon’s dark side. The country’s first moon rover is set to put the Canadian Space Agency at the forefront of space exploration, helping in the global search for frozen water on the celestial body. Tidally locked to the Earth, the moon doesn’t spin on ... Read More »
1 responseUN seeks Canadian help for ‘enormous’ needs as number of refugees doubles
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises that has the world looking to Canada for more help. “The need around the world is enormous,” said Kelly Clements, the UN’s deputy ... Read More »
1 responseNo winning ticket sold for Friday’s $14 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2023
There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $14 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on March 7 will be an estimated $19 million... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. firm walks back talk to commercialize cocaine after drawing Trudeau’s ire
By The Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2023
VICTORIA – A British Columbia company that received federal approval to produce and sell cocaine has revised its original statement that outlined plans to commercialize the controlled substance. Adastra Labs issued a clarification Friday that said the Langley, B.C., company is “not currently undertaking any activities with cocaine,” and its amended Controlled Drug and Substances ... Read More »
1 responseRCMP officer accused of on-duty assault in Nunavut facing criminal charges
By The Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2023
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Nunavut RCMP say an officer is facing three criminal charges after an alleged assault while he was on duty. Const. Luke Tomkinson has been charged with assault with a weapon, pointing a firearm and uttering threats. RCMP say he was working as a relief member in Arctic Bay when the alleged assault ... Read More »
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